Bundle-carrier for bicycles



(No Model.

C. RONDELL. BUNDLE CARRIER FOR BIC'YGLES. No. 605,188. Patented June 7, 1898.

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CARL RONDEL'L, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

BUNDLE-CARRIER `FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed March 18, 1897.

To all whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CARL RONDELL, a citi-- zen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bundle-Carriers for Bicycles; and I do -hereby declare the follow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved bundle-carrier or bundle-carrying attachment for bicycles; and to this end it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined in the claims.

The preferred form of my improved bundlecarrier (shown as applied in Working position on a bicycle) is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like parts throughout the several views.

Figure l is a perspective View showing the preferred form of my improved bundle-carrier applied in Workin g position to the pivoted front fork of a bicycle. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the bundle-carrier removed from the machine. Fig. 3 is a view in front elevation of the said bundle-carrier. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the bundle-carrier, and Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the said bundle-carrier.

In Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4 the hinged leaves or wings of the bundler-carrier are shown as opened up, While in Fig. 5 said leaves or Win gs are shown as partially opened up.

l indicates the frame, 2 the pivoted front fork, 3 the front Wheel, and 4 the handle-bars, of an ordinary bicycle.

The bundle-carrier is supported from the front fork of the bicycle by means of a support, preferably formed by a pair of pronged or divergent-armed braces adx. These braces o. extend substantially parallel to each other, are spaced apart, so as to straddle the front Wheel 3, and are tied together at their apexes by means of an L-shaped bracket-iron a. The ends of said bracket a ax are provided with half-clamps a2, with which removable half-clamps a3 cooperate to clamp said ends to the prongs of the front fork2. The halfclamp sections a2 and d3 are clamped together and onto the prongs of the front fork by means Vas compared Withthe other members.

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of small nutted bolts a4, passed through the same. The lower prongs ax of the braces are `by these clamps secured to the lower portions 1, the upper prongs of the same extend. forl Ward over the front wheel substantially in a horizontal plane, and their apeXes and the bracket rif/,secured thereat,are positioned substantially in vertical line With the forward portion of saidwheel.

Y a6 indicates a finger or bracket secured to the front face of the bracket a' and towhich a lamp or bulls-'eye lantern maybe secured.

The bundle-carrier proper is in-my preferred construction made up of a bottom or bed section anda pair of clamping leaves or Wings hinged orpivoted thereto, all 'of which parts are of skeleton-like form for the sake of lightness. As shown, the bottom or bed section 4of the'carrieris made up of cross-rods l), rigidly secured tothe upper horizontal prongs of the supporta, and longitudinal slats bi', secured to said cross-rods b. As shown, the central member of the slats b is very broad, 'Ihe skeleton-like Wings b2 are hinged or pivoted for vfolding movements transversely of the bed o rbottom section b b' by means of hinge yor pivot lugs b3, vsecured on the outer edges of said bottom-section. The leaves b2 are thus adapted to be folded downward onto the upper face of the bottom or bed section bpb and are normally held under strain to assume this folded position by means of a coiled tension-spring b4, secured at its endsto thefor.-`

which bothleaves maybe opened ,simultane-v ously by the use' of one hand. In its pre- ICO ferred form this device comprises the following: A cross-bar f is rigidly secured to the upper prongs of the support a just to the rear of the bundle-carrier, and this bar f is provided at one of its ends with a forwardly-projecting stud-shaft f', to the rear end of which is rigidly secured an arm f2 and to the forward end of which is rigidly secured a double-ended lever f3.

f4 indicates a loose link, the lower end of which is pivoted to the cross-bar f.

f 5 indicates a finger plate or piece provided with depending lugs which are pivoted one to the upper end of each of the levers or links f2 f4. The hinged wings or leaves b2 are provided near their rear ends with depending lugswor short lever portions b5, the free ends of which are pivotally connected, by means of slot-and-pin engagements f6, to the outer ends of linksf7, the inner ends of which links are pivoted one to each end of the lever f3. With this construction, as is obvious, when the finger-plate f5 is pressed downward the leaves or wings b2 will be forced into their open positions against the action of the spring b4. lVhen the leaves are thus opened up, the bundle or package which is to be carried may be readily placed in position on the bundle-carrier, and when the leaves are released they will be closed by the spring b4 and clamped onto the bundle or package, thus serving to hold the same in position. As the wings may be opened by the application of one hand to the finger-platef5, the other hand may be used to place the bundle or package in position on the bundle-carrier or to remove the same therefrom. Attention is called to the fact that the slot-and-pin connections f6, between the links f7 and the arms b5 of the leaves b2, will permit one of said leaves to be opened when the hand is applied thereto without opening the other leaf. This feature of construction will often be found convenient in the use of the bundle-carrier, especially when a number of small articles are to be carried.

In Figs. 1 and 5, c indicates one of the operators hands, shown as applied to the iinger-plate f5. In this illustration the right hand is shown as thus applied; but either hand may be used for this purpose, depending on the position in Which the operator stands when manipulating the leaves of the bundle-carrier. It may be here stated that the longitudinal strips Z9 of the bed or bottom section of the bundle-carrier, and also the intermediate longitudinal strips of the leaves or wings b2, are made of very thin, pliable, and somewhat slack strips of metal, so as to adapt the parts of the bundle-carrier to the form or forms of the particular bundleA or bundles which are to be carried by the bundie-carrier.

z indicates a bicycle-lamp, (indicated by dotted lines on Fig. 4,) the same being shown as applied in working position on the lampsupporting bracket CLS.

The above manner of applying the bundlecarrier to the bicycle places the same entirely out of the way of the riders legs and furnishes an extremely light and rigid support for the same. The pronged brackets dax also give a good support for a bicycle-lamp and throw the same into the best position possible for directing the light into the riders path.

It will be understood, of course, that various alterations in the specific details above set forth may be made within the scope of my invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

l. Abundle-carryingattachmentforcycles, comprising a fixed bed or bottom section, a pair of spring-closed leaves or Wings, hinged to the opposite sides of said bed-section and folding toward each other, and means for securing said bed-section to the cycle, substantially as described.

2. A bundle-carryin g attachment for cycles, comprising a fixed bed-section, a pair of leaves or Wings hinged to the opposite sides of said bed-section and folding toward each other, means for simultaneously opening both of said wings, and means for securing the bundle-carrier to the cycle, substantially as described.

3. A bundle-carrying attachment for cycles, comprising a bed or bottom section, a pair of clamping-leaves hinged to said bottom-section and under spring tension to close, a handpiece with link-and-lever connections to said leaves, for simultaneously opening the same, said connections involving slot-and-pin joints, which permit the said leaves to be opened independently when force is applied thereto, substantially as described.

4;. An attachment for cycles, comprising the pair of parallel pronged brackets, the prongs'of which are securable to the prongs of the front fork of the cycle, the bed or bottom section secured to the upper prongs of said brackets, and the pair of spring-closed leaves or wings hinged to said bed-section, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARL RONDELL.

Witnesses:

L. C. ELMORE, F. D. MERCHANT.

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